"02 Myth Conceptions (e)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Asprin Robert)

"Watch out how you talk about your old
teacher," Aahz warned. "The old slime-monger was
inclined to get carried away with practical jokes once
in a while, true. But he was a master magician . . .
and a friend of mine. If he wasn't, I wouldn't have
saddled myself with his mouthy apprentice," he
finished, giving me a meaningful look.

"I'm sorry, Aahz," I apologized. "It's just that
\_"

"Look, kid," he interrupted wearily, "if I had my
powersЧwhich I don'tЧand if you were ready to
learn dimension hoppingЧwhich you aren'tЧwe
could give it a try. Then, if you miscalculated and
dumped us into the wrong dimension, I could get our
tails out before anything bad happened. As things
stand, trying to teach you dimension hopping would
be more dangerous than playing Russian roulette."

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"What's russian?" I asked.

The inn shook as Gleep missed the corner turn
again.

"When are you going to teach your stupid dragon
to play on the other side of the road?" Aahz snarled,
craning his neck to glare out a window.

"I'm working on it, Aahz," I insisted soothingly.
"Remember, it took me almost a whole year to
housebreakhim."

"Don't remind me," Aahz grumbled. "If I had
my way, we'd..."

He broke off suddenly and cocked his head to one
side.

"You'd better disguise that dragon, kid," he an-
nounced suddenly. "And get ready to do your 'dubi-
ous character' bit. We're about to have a visitor."

I didn't contest the information. We had estab-
lished long ago that Aahz's hearing was much more
acute than mine.